Lewisham’s best-performing secondary schools based on Attainment 8 scores have been revealed by the Government.

The Department for Education (DfE) has now published the latest list of results for pupils in Key Stage 4 from 2017.

Schools obtain a score which is based upon how well pupils have performed in up to eight qualifications

These include English, mathematics, three English Baccalaureate qualifications - such as science, computer science, history, geography, and languages - and three other additionally approved qualifications.

This, overall, judges how pupils have performed across the eight subjects on average.

Attainment 8 refers to the overall average of a pupil's performance across these studies

It is used by the DfE as one of several factors to assess schools in the country.

Government-labelled 'special' schools have been omitted from this ranking.

Below is a list of the top 17 secondary schools in Lewisham with the highest Attainment 8 scores:

1. Prendergast School (56.6)

2. Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham (52.7)

3. Bonus Pastor Catholic College (51.9)

4. Sydenham School (51.7)

5. St Matthew Academy (48.8)

6. Prendergast Vale School (47.2)

7. Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham (46.3)

8. Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy (42.6)

9. Forest Hill School (42.4)

10. Deptford Green School (40.4)

11. Coniisborough College (40.2)

12. Addey and Stanhope School (39.9)

13. Prendergast Laydwell School (39.5)

14. St Dunstan’s College (36.6)

15. Sedgehill School (35.5)

16. Sydenham High School GDST (26)

17. Marathon Science School (10.1)